thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
in the same way as; just like
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
5th day of the month; five days
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly